
by our Lord; and we are taught that we have the privilege of entering
on the same inheritance of grace and power as our Lord had. He won
for us, unworthy though we are, the privilege of saying, 'All Thine are
mine.' If only we believed this, and lived as children in our Father's
house, how different life would become."—Ibid.
10.
Anticipating His immediate separation from the disciples, for
what does Jesus plead? What did He do while He was with His disci-
ples? Who only was lost? Verses 11, 12.
11.
To what change in His experience does He refer? What ex-
perience did He desire His people to have? Verse 13.
12.
What had Jesus given to His people? What separation had this
brought about? From what did He ask the Father to keep them? Verses
14-16.
NOTE.—"What is the 'world'? The inspired definition is given in
1 John 2:16. . . . The spirit of the world permeates society. All its
plans, aims, and activities belong to the present. . . . The world has
always been in collision with Christ, because His teaching reverses
everything that the world prizes. In its beatitudes, its methods of pleas-
ure and acquisition, its view and use of power, and its attitude toward
God, the difference is wide as the poles. But its hatred is welcome to the
followers of Christ, as proving that they are on the Master's track, and
in His fellowship they are abundantly compensated."—Id., pp. 220, 221.
13.
How are His people sanctified? How are they sent into the
world? For whose sake did Jesus sanctify Himself? Verses 17-19.
NOTE.—"Our prayers are not to be a selfish asking, merely for our
own benefit. We are to ask that we may give. The principle of Christ's
life must be the principle of our lives. 'For their sakes,' He said, speak-
ing of His disciples, sanctify Myself, that they also might be sancti-
fied.' The same devotion, the same self-sacrifice, the same subjection to
the claims of the word of God, that were manifest in Christ, must be seen
in His servants. Our mission to the world is not to serve or please our-
selves; we are to glorify God by cooperating with Him to save sinners.
We are to ask blessings from God that we may communicate to others.
The capacity for receiving is preserved only by imparting. We cannot
continue to receive heavenly treasure without communicating to those
around us."—"Christ's Object Lessons," pp. 142, 143.
14.
How are we included in the prayer of Jesus? What degree of
unity does He desire for us? Verses 20, 21.
NOTE.—"Jesus prayed for us, and He asked that we might be one
with Him, even as He is one with the Father. What a union is this!
The Saviour has said of Himself, 'The Son can do nothing of Himself;'
`the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works.' Then if Christ
is dwelling in our hearts, He will work in us 'both to will and to do of
His good pleasure.' We shall work as He worked; we shall manifest the
same spirit. And thus, loving Him and abiding in Him, we shall 'grow
up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.' "—"Steps to
Christ," p. 80.
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